The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 27, 1896, Page 7

MONDAY..cccvveeerrnneassrenns JULY 27, 1896 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—* Bohemia” CALIFORNTA THEATEE.—Merchant of Venice” Corumsia THEATER—' The Highest Bldder.” MOROSCO’S UFEKA-HoUsE—Mr. Barnes of New York." TivoLr OrEra-Hovse.—vCarmen.” Crrarux—High-Class Vaudeville. €UTRO BaTss—Bathing and performances. €x¥ooT THE CHUTEs—Daily at Haight street, cne block east of the Park. AUCTION SALES. By L. H. Burp—This day, July 27, Furniture, at £11 Larkin street. st 11 o'clock. r 8. BAscH—To-morrow (Tuesday), Forniture, Ness avenue, at 11 o'clock. Fair Monday.—Local Forecast Official A, G. McAdie. WATER FRONT. A British Hen That Walks the Deck Full of Fight. HER YANKEE RIVAL, Arrival of the Sugar Bark Albert From the Hawaiian Islands. The It and ball It is proposed to build an amphitheater near the Sutro ba: Susie and Deceiver won the coursing stakes at Ingleside yesterday There was a big crowd at the park yesterday one at the Cliff. The monthly shoot of the Swiss Rifle Club took place erday at Harbor View. was thrashed for miss- h Miss Bessie Ryan. Miss Viols, the seronaut, had a rough expe- rience in coming down irom the ciouds yes- terday. n Druids held their annual picnic mbia Pistol and Rifla stol record yesterday at Shell Mound. The Lincoln Gun Club defeated the Olympic and Empire ciubs in- thefr bluerock-breaking contest. The Greeks of Ameriea are preparing to as- sist the Creians 1o drive the Turks from the Isle of Crete. E. Jacobson beat Howard Carr in a fifty-shot 22-caitber rifie match yesierday st the Shell Mound range. The handball courts were crowded yesterday and several exciting and closely contested games were played. The 0l0id cese at the Angel Island Quar- antine Station is recovering, and 1o more cases have been discovered, The first quarteriy rally of the First District Lesgue of the Cross Cedets was held yesterday at Mission Parlor Hall. The Californi e defeated by the Oak- lands at the Folsom-street ball grounds yester- day by & score of 20 to 15. The Alameds- Bohemian cricket match pleyed yesterday at Alameda resulted inan essy time for the Bohemians. Through the whining of a_little dog the body of an unknown man wss found in Laurel Hiil Cemetery yesterday afternoon. Company F of the First Infantry Regiment, National Guard of California, defeated Com- pany A yesterday in & match’ game at base- ball. It is stated that the missing arms and equip- ment of the Naval Battaiion were at home, in- stead of at the armory, when the inspection was held. Rev. Ray Palmer lectured at the Gooa Citi- zenship meeting yesterday atternoon on “The Open Question, or Who Built the Temple of Liverty 2 The Socialist Lebor party took initistory steps at its meeting ¥ to place & mu- nicipal and legislative ticket ia the field at the coming election. Miss Norine Jennings has been selected to preside over the entertainment to be given by the Sons and Daughters of Old Friends on Weanesday night. Three Barbary Cosst rounders were arrested and cnarged with robbing Martin Lewis of his watch & nat4 o'clock yesterday morn- ing on Ero tion of California Lodge of the Order of B’'nai B'rith was celebrated by & banquet at B'nai B'rith Hall last night. Seven young naval officers arrived here last night from the and will take duty aboard the various men-of-war. * . Atthe Central M. E. Church last evéning the Rev. Dr. Dilie exhorted his hearers to remem- ber the story of Jehovah and Basl,and to be active in the service of the Lord. Robert Irvine was thrown from his buggy at Jackson and Kearny streets last night. is face was bruised so that he had to be sent to the Receiving Hospital for treatment. The island of Sumatra is developing rich oil fields that threaten to supply the whole Ori- ental trade inside of five years and deprive the United States of & big market in Japan. Michael McGee, a teamster residing at 49 . Ritch street, was struck by an electric car last night on Kentucky street. He was treated at the Receiving Hospital for a scelp wound. A meeting of the committee of the Union League Club appointed to take steps towards organizing & local branch of the Republican National League Club, was held yesterday af- ternoon. The sugar bark Albert arrived yesterday, 26 days from Honolulu. July 22 she met and re- lieved the schooner Martha Tufts, which was out of fopd. Provisions to last eight days were put aboard the vessel. The Gemonstration of Saturday night Bas awakened a strong sentiment in the com- munity for better roads. Wheelmen, team- sters and others directly interested vow they will leave nothing undune until Market street isrepaved. Edward G. Wright and Cortis Hinds, two men accused of breaking into the residence of Mrs. Josfi.uine Davis, Suisun, Solano County, last Tuesday night, were cleverly captured in this City by Policeman T. L. Ryan and taken 1o Suisun last night. A huge yellow sign bearing the words *“No rooms rented to women,” which has been di ghyed by a Montgomery-street lodging-house, as aroused the ire of ladies who have ob- served it. It is said numerous other houses have adopted the rule. THE CASE DISMISSED. Magnetic Healer Mingo Not the Lessee of Mission-Strest Premises. Professor C. A. Mingo, a gentleman of color and professional magnetism, wants it *o be known that he is not the lessee of the house at 834 Mission street, where a Mrs. Wilson was recently baaly beaten by Jack Conaon of soda water fame, who re- sided with her. Professor Mingo says that the lessee of the place is a Mr. McRae, and that the apartments occupied by Mrs. ‘Wilson were on the floor above his. He says that the profession of divine healing scored a buliseye in the Barker case, which was recently dismissed. Bar- ker, while treating by laying on of the hands a Mrs. Hyland, who was suffering ifrom an excessive use of a drug, was ar- restea for practicing medicine without a license. The prosecuting witness could not stand the ordeal of a trial owing to nervous prostration, and though Barker’s counsel proposed to continue the case to suit the prosecuting witness, they were not inclined to have it continued and the case was d ismissed. NEW TO-DAY. COVERED WITH its worst form, and ?Z oontinued 8] nnulm;heommnndwlihlfllumnb& camea dsight. 1hadafineheadof seven years’ , and had tosacrifice it. 1 ‘was in despair. physicians had ::van o So. nm:upmvd uffi 'UTICURA SOAP. " CUTICURA and in three weeks the fth anniversary of the organiza- RELIEVING A HUNGRY CREW. Getting Out the Colombia’s Damaged Cargo—The Varioloid Case Recovering. The British ship Star of France which recently arrived in this port and docked Satarday at the Brannan-street wharf is a floating chicken ranch. The poultry consists of one motherly old hen and a brood of thirteen young fowls which were | hatched aboard of the ship. The chickens are &s large as their maternal biddy, and notwithstanding their fateful number, have brought no bad luck to the vessel— the rule probably goes contrary in the matter of hens. While the chicks were small she had them roost on the spare booms lyingalong the deck, but as they grew larger she led in the lower rigging. In all the rough weather, with the ship pitching from wave | to wave, not a chicken was lost overboard. Often tbey were disturbed and scared down on deck when the sailors climbed hurriedly up the rigging to struggle with the gale-filled canvas aloft, bat they re- turned to their swaying roost. That old hen is a true warlike British Amazon. She sits on_tne ship’s rail and watches the docks with a savage eye. Whenever a Brannan-street pullet ven- tures down on the wharf in search of a meal she springs off her perch and charges the intruder. If a number come down instead of one she battles with them all the sawe. She is no respecter of the lordly male and will fly with sdvage squawks at a rooster as quickly as at a fowl of her own sex. Often after she has cleared the dock she will go aboard the ship and whip some of her own c ildren, so thoroughly does the fighting spirit take possession of her. No and even the pig in his pen forward is on them higher, and their sleeping place was | cat, dog or bird can live on that vessel, | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1896. ton street yesterday dwsloo n. He teiion his forehead, which was b cut. The patrol wagon was summoned and he was taken 10 the Recelvin, dressed home. —————— ITALIAR DRUIDS' PICNIC. Harbor View Park the Sceme of Mirth and Fun. Ttaly’s fairest daughters and hardy sons of toil in this City left their cares and troubles behind them early yesterday morning and in their choicest Sunday garments went to Harbor View Park, there to spend the day in mirth and fun. It was the picnic of the Galileogalili Grove No.37, U. A. 0. D. The gentlemen baving the arrangements in charge ac- quitted themselves with great credit, and the following are the names of the several committees entrusted with the manage- ment: | Executive committee—A. Olmo, president; | C.0. Fauds, first vice-president; P. G. Molinari, second vice-president: J. Musso, secretary; G. Bazzuro, treasurer. Honorary committee—O. H. Hoag, P. N. G. A.; J. A. Devoto, N. G. A.; H. C. Goller, D.G. A.; E 'H. Goetze, G. T.: J. J.'Mollison, G.S; G. R Swetmann, G. M.; P. L. Taglio, G. 8.; E. L. Wagner, 8. R., and G. W. Lovie, 8. R. Reception committee—E. L. Scodeletti, A. | Arnaboldi, M. A. Bianchini, G. Galli, G. Lepori, E. Ravezzani, F. Cavagnaro, C. A.Magistra, G. Roccatagliata, J. F. Martinoni, J. Musso, F. Caponelli, L. Baglietto, G. Jaccheri, A. Olmo, P. Demartini, G. Chessi, J. F. Rossi, G. Olivieri, P. G. Molinari, C. Glanettoni, P. Fillipini, O. Lippi and B, Bottaro. oor manager, G. B. Cordano; assistant, L. Cariani. Floor committee—E. B. Zambelli, J. J. Po- desta, J. F. Rossi, L. Gotelli, G. Bini, A. Tassi, A. Pessano, G. L. Valente, C. Giugui, E. Cer- ruti and L Topini. Door committee—Captain L. Baglietto, G. Massoletti, F. Demartini, G. Lucchetti, D. Paroni, C. Figone, L. Ferrari, F. Demartini, R. Maestretti, S. Candioto, L. Bedoni and G. Gui- nasso. Refreshment committee—L. Canepa, L. Guan. ziroli, A. Capella, A. Quilici, A. Garbarino, F. Ungaretti, L. Torre, G. Delucehi, F. Quilie and M. Canevascini. £ Hospital, where Dr. Thompson e wound. The boy was able to go . HE EATS EGGS BY THE SCORE, George Parsons’ Record as a Foe of the Indus- trious Hen. FAMED AS A GOURMAND. Believed to Be the Champion in His Line, Though He Loses a Wager. BEATEN BY OVER-CONFIDENCE. Attempts to Dispose of Four Dozens After Eating an Ordinary Meal. An egg famine has been averted. The man who can at one sitting dispose of the product of the combined labor of fifty hens for one day, or one hen forfifty days, aerFore can’t get at him. island sugar fleet which sailed for this port about the 1st, came in yesterday morning twenty-six days out. She left Honolulu 1n company with the 8. N. Castle and the ship J. C. Glade, but out- sailed them. The schooner Transit and 8. G. Wilder nineteen days. On Juiy 22, in latitude 38 north and | longitude 134 degrees 30 minutes west, the Aibert sighted the schooner Martha Tufts, 48 days out from Tres Marias, Mexico. She had met with caims and unfavorable weather, and, in consequence of the length | of time at sea, was out of provisions and in distress. Captain Griffiths supplied the hungry crew with food, and the vessels | parted comvpany, the schooner bearing away to her port, 600 miles distant. The schooner Checto sailed yester- day morning for Pigeon Point for a loaa of damaged freight from the stranded steamer Colombia. It is thought that those engaged in getting the ship’s cargo will find their venture a profitable one, as the weather is favorable for the work of completely emptying the hull and much of the cargo is not easily damaged by water. | The Chinaman sick with varioloid at the quarantine station on Angel Island is re- covering, and no other cases of the dis- ease have appeared. A number of excursionists went out to the battle-ship Oregon yesterday, but were not permitted to go aboard, as the crew were busy working with the torpedoes, and the presence of visitors was not desir- able at that time. Commodore Howison, bowever, will throw the ship open to the public next Sunday if she is in the barbor. ‘WITH THE PLAYERS. What Is Offered in the Amusement Line in the Theaters of This City To-Night. At the Bald%win this evening Charles Frohman's Empire Theater Company will present ‘‘Bohemia,” said to be a bright picture of Parisian Bohemian life. There s to be a revival of Shakespearean plays at the California Theater to-night. “The Merchant of Venice” will be placed on the boards, with Fred Warde and Rose Coghlan in the cast. The Columbia Theater will open this evening with “The Highest Bidder,” a very interesting play, that bad a run of eight months in the city of New York. There 1s a strong cast. safe from her furioas attacks because she | The bark Albert, the first vessel of the i bark 8. C. Allen from the 1slands are both | twenty-eight days out and the barkentine | GEORGE PARSONS, dozen eggs at a time. His gastronom engaged the year around. WHO EATS EGGS. Mr. Parsons differs from other people in this respect in that he eats several ical feats keep at least fifty hens busily BURELIRS RO SUSUN E. G. Wright and C. Hinds Cleverly Captured by Po- liceman Ryan. They Were Trying to Dispose of Their Piunder to a Pawnbroker on Third Street Two burglars from the inierior were cleverly captured by Policeman T. L. Ryan on Saturday afternoon at Third and Market streets. The police had been notified that the resi- dence of Mrs. Josephine Davis of Suisun, Solano County, was entered by burglars 1ast Tuesday night and a larze quantity of silverware and other articles were stolen. It was expected that the burglars would make their way to this City to dispose of the plunder. Ryan was on special duty, and Satur- day afternoon he dropped into the pawn- shop of Andrew Coleman, 41 Third street. Two men were there at the time trying to dispose of some silverware, which they bad in a telescope basket. Ryan’s sus- picions were aroused and he asked the men where they {0! the silyerware. They sive The attraction that is to be offered at the Grand Opera-house this evening is “Mr, Barnes of New York,"” with James M. Bropby in the leading role, one in which he has gained much praise. “Carmen,” having retired from the Cal- ifornia, will make her appearance at the Tivoli Opera-house this “mh% not in play, but in opera, with Mme, Natali in the title role. & There are many attrastions aunounced on the bill for this evening at the Or- pheum Music Hall, one of which is a troupe of trained cats. Lydia Yeamans- Titus, the iavorite, is o billed for to- night. At the Chutes this afternoon and even- ing there will be m-:s attractions, includ- ing “Joe,” the trained orang-outang, and a performance in the Casino. ————————— FRED YATES IN CALIFORNIA. Heo Will Attend the Midsummer High Jinks of the Bohemian Club. Fred Yates, an artist who has gained hign recognition in England as a painter of poriraits, is again in California. He passed through Sacramento and Lathrop a few days ago en route to Los Angeles to visit his fatber. Dr. Powers went to Sac- ramento to meet him and passed a few nours in his company. Mr. Yates will come to San Francisco Aueust 20 and re- main several weeks. He will attend the midsummer hlfln jinks of the Bohemian Club, which will be held August 22 at Meeker’s Grove, near Guerneville. The jinks this summer will be sired by Albert Gerberding, who_was recently elected president of the Produce Exchange, and something unique in the form of forest festivity will surely be produced. Pushed From a Car. Henry !mm'linl'bl“’bfl! ll'v;n.: n‘}uo Dupont street, Owing e CTo condition au”nu; i-streei o= was pushed off at Clay- ave him an eva: answer and hurriedly eft the store. Ryan followed them, and at Third and Market streets placed them under arrest and took them to the City Prison. On ex- amining the contents of the basket, Ryan discovered a pawn ticket for a gold watch is vanquished. His fame as a gastronomic wonder will no longer bear the light of an X-ray inspection. George Parsons is s telegraph operator, and a good one, but it isnot asa juggler with electricity that he has won the plaudits of the muititude. Parsons’ ‘“‘strong holt” is a well-developed appetite and a fondness for eggs. He eats ezgs three times a day—boiled eggs, fried eggs, scrambled eggs and eggnog; eggs of the hen, the duck, the goose, the ostrich or the turtle— anything that wears a shell and is not so stale as to provoke unfavorable comment. It is said of this gourmand that be has but one *square’’ meal a week, and that on payday. He has béen known to fre- qentlv enter a restaurant and call for two dozen fried eggs. At first the waiters would look at Parsons with tears in their eyes, but now they are accustomed to his strange order and are not offended if he abuses them for failing to select the largest fruit of the fowlyard. The annihila- tor of eggs goes into those two dozen asa terrier would into a cageful of rats. Oc- casionally he stops to eat a bun or drink a cup of coffee. &htn the victuals or his exchequer are exhausted he leaves the reluctantly and hies away to curb his charging appe- tite until the next meal hour arrives. Often after one of these meals—ordinary to him, but death by torture to 4 common man—he mounts a bicycle and rides a distance of thirty or forty miles into the country to “‘settle his stomach,” and the hens at the end of the routs he chooses are forced to work overtime for the next week or two to regulate the supply and demand. Napoleon met his Waterloo; Marc An- tony felt before the wiles of Uleopatra; Mayor Sutro has his Broderick to conten: wh.i, and George Parsons went up a st and chain aLd a diamond ring in the name of Josephine Davis, d in April last, This gave him & clew and he accused the men of committing the burglary at Mrs, Dav1s’ house at Buisun, but they stoutly denied it. The men dgnn the ngmes of Edward G. Wright and Cortis Hinds, and their occupation as laborers. They are both young men. The Sheriff of Solano County was notified of their arrest, and yesterday morning Constable Kinloch arrived with a Justice’s warrant, charging the men with burglary, They were booked en route to Suisun, and l::“ night Constable Kinloch left with them. —_———— EARLY MORNING RUBBERY. Three Barbary Coast Rounders Charged ‘With the Crime. L. Rodericks, Phil Canatejo and Joseph Baker were arrested on Broadway at 4 o'clock yesierday mornin, Officer D. G. Bell and Special Ofticer 0. H. Berge; They were charged with robbing Martin Lewis of a watch and chain. The watch and chain was found on the sidewalk, where the thieves dropped it when they saw the officers approach. ———— Fire Third Street. The Fire Department was called out yester- day afternoon to extinguish a fire in the rear of Btencels’ dry-goods store at 42 Third street, under the WInchhuur Hotel. The fire staited in the rear of the store, where some em: boxes and ol lumber hiad been throws. Abort $500 worth of damage to the dr store and the paint and paver store u(’m.“ & adjoining was caused by waier, while the roomers in the hotel got a harmless scare. Horrr's Schwol for Boys, Burlingame. Sixth year begins Ang.c. Ira G. Hoitt, Ph.D,, Master* too many eggs. He was the vic of over-con! dcn‘ot. Having prepared for the fray b; imbibing sundry potions of ‘'steam’’ and dl.po.ln, of an order of pork and beans, sufticient in 1tself for a street- tsi'“p“':i. attempted to ;:-rtxa‘h of flafl owen fri on & wager. was the error of his fif:{-m Sharkey that ended his championship. The match was made in the little Ger- man restaurant on street, mnear \Kearny, on Saturday night. Several hours reviously Parsons had dined heartily. gha gnawing of hunger led him restau- rantward once more, and, accompanied by friends, he sat down to partake of a goodly quantity of pork snd beans, with buns, coffee and other accessories. These dis- posed of, and his yearning yet unsa he negotiated a bet with his companions. The termswere tbat he should eat forty-eight fried eggs within thirty minutes, being al- Jowed s two minutes’ breathing spell be- tween each dozen. If he succeeded, the others were to pay for the meal and a week’s board for the victor; if he lost, the matter of settling with the cashier devolved upon him: 1. A Four dozen of the largest osgs on hand were selected and, Wwithout delay, the ourmet began his task. He was still inngry ‘when the first dozen disappeared. The second twelve faded away as mist be- fore a July sun. the start was made on the second half of the consignment, fhose rEg bt mens e B in a) They nppuhgp:runfl and nellnehoofa e the backers of Ida Sauerat the difficult, and even the drinking of two cupfuls of coffee did not alleviate his dis- tress. ' The champion, seeing defeat at hand, put on a bold front in the hope that the other bettors would again seek to hedge; but they had watched the craning of his meck and bulging of his eyes over the last egz and were gloating silently. The thirty-fifth went _the way of its g:doemn. and then Parsons leaned k in hischair and solemnly announced : “I quit you.” - e A yell of delight went up from the spec- tators. It was the exuiting shout of Envy's trinmph. The king of egg-eaters mmraned. and by a plate of pork ana Failure cost the egg-eater $2 40—the price of his meal. Like Corbett, he admits that he underrated his task, and intends to try again. He 1s likely to win. FRENCH CHARITY. Generous Distribution of the Proceeds of the Recent CTCelebration of the Fall of the Bastile. The finance committee of the 14th of July celebration, composed of P. A. Ber- |. gerot, J. Lambla and John Bayle, sub- mitted its report last aight at the meeting of the general committee of the financial operations of the celebration. The report shows that the total gate receipts amounted to §2991 49 and that the expenses were $1092, leaving a balance on hand of $1899 49. It was decided to reserve $149 49 of the net proceeds for next year's cele- bration and to distribute the remainder to various charitable organizations, as fol- lo To the French ies’ Benevolent Society, $1000; to the invalids’ relief fund of the nch Hospital Society, $300; to the Alliance Francaise for the support of French classes in the public schools, $200; to the indigent French at the Almshouse, $100; to the widows’ and orphans’ police fund, $100, and to the ‘Union Chretienne,a relief soci A vote of nks was next adooted in favor of Mme. C. Fischter for having sun “The Star-spangled Banner” and to E. J. Dupuy and Professor E. Knowlton for having pronounced the French and Ameri- can orations respectively. . The general committee then adjournad sine die, after having elected the follow- ing committee to take charge of the next year’s celebration: 8. Weill, P. A. Ber- gerot, J. Godart, J. Deschamps and Julius 8. Godeau. MARCH T0 SHNTA CRLL A Summer Outing for the First United - States In- fantry. . , The Quartermaster - General of the Army Will Retire To-Day—Ap plicants for the Place. It has been decided thatseven com- panies of the First United Siates Infantry, under Colonel Shafter, shall go to Santa Cruz for a practice march and camp of in- struction in field exercises. Last Wednesday Captain Charles G. Starr, Company F, and Lieutenant 8ydney A. Clomav, Company E, started in an am- bulance for Santa Cruz. They have gone in advance to select a site for the camp and grounds for the maneuvers. Four companies of the regiment are at Angel Island and three at Benicia bar- racks. They will leave San Francisco Au- gust 10 for Santa Cruz and will femain there until the middle of September. The troops will march to Santa Cruz via San Mateo. Belmont, Redwood City, Los Gatos and thence over the mountains to the sea. An army reliring board has been ap- pointed to meet at Chicago, August 10, or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the examination of such officers as may be ordered before it. Detail: Major-General Wesiey Merritt, Brigadier-General John R. Brooke. Colonel James F. Wade, Fifth Cavairy; Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Forwood, D. 8. G.; Major Calvin de Witt, surgeon; Lieutenant-Colonel W. Clous, D. J. A. G., recorder. Major J. A. Darling, Fifth Artillery. has been ordered to report in person to the president of the retiring board in Chicago. Colonel Crofton of the Fiith Infantry has determined to contest the authority of the boérd to retire him. Army officers generally entertain the opinion that the colonel has made a mistake of judgment in forming this decision. R. N. Batchelder, quartermaster-general of the army, retires to-day. General Batchelder entered the volunteer service early in the Civil War, and displayed so much ability as & quartermaster that he was promoted and.commissioned in the ular army. Vhile stationed in this department he planned and executed many improve- ments at the Presidio reservation. Men who did not give him credit for unselfish motives started the report that he was largely interested in San Francisco real estate adjacent to the reservation. The report was accepied as correct, so when General Batchelder was ia this City a few weeks ago he was asked about his real estate holdings here. He replied that he never had “f{ property intereets in San Francisco. e will probably make his home henceforth in or near Washington, where he bhas acquired some real estate and made otber investments. . General Batchelder’s successor, it is thought, will be Colonel C. G. Sawtelle, the ranking colonel, although the latter will retire May 10, 1898, Colonel M. L. Lud- ington is the second ranking colonel on the list ana as he will not attain the age of retirement until July 4, 1903, it is fancied that the President may yet decide to give him the preference. Colonel G. H. ‘Weeks, who retires February 3, 1898, and Colonel Moore, who will not retire until 00!93.: 26, 1901, are applicants for the on. A general court martial convened at the camp of the Light Artillery Battalion, Santa Cruz, last week for the trial of Private Benjamin A. Barlow, Battery D. The following officers constitute the court: Captain Charles Morris, Captain Frank Thorp, Captain Euclid B. Frick, assistant surgeon; First Lieutenant Wilmot E. Ellis and Second Lieutenants William G. Haon, Thomas W. Marston, Leuis R. Burgess, Charles P. Summerall and George G. Gately. The last named is judge advocate. The order appointing the court contains this paragraph: “The trial of the case being necessary for the sake of immediate example the court will sit without regard to_hours.” Leave of absence for ten days has been granted to First Lieutenant W. W. Gal- braith, adjutant Fifth :3. Fnrlons‘n have been granted to Thomas Powell, Battery E, Fiith Artillery; Cor- ral Charles W. H y, Troop D, Fourth Cavairy; Corporal Charles Morri- son and Alban blumlll‘. Battery L, Fifth Artillery, and William A. Martin, Com- pany H, First Infantry. During a single flood of the Yangise- Kiang, in Chu'u. 600,000 persons were drowned. NEW TO-DAY. Take No Substitute.. Gail Borden _Eagle Bran MILK ey *justasgood.” Best TFood. ALBERT STETSON LAID TO REST, Simple Funeral Ceremonies at the Late Resi- dence. LESSONSFROMPROVERBS Rev. Robert Mackenzie’s Im- pressive Words on the Life of Man. BATTLES FOUGHT IN THE SOUL. “The Spirit Helpeth Our Infirmities, but Who Can Bear a Wounded ~ Spirii?,” The aristocratic neighborhood of Clay street and Van Ness avenue was yesterday the scene of one of the most solemn and impressive funerals ever witnessed in San Francisco. More than two hundred of the most prominent men and women of the City gathered at the Stetson residence, 1801 Van Ness avenue, at 1 o’clock, to pay their respects to the family of the late Albert L. Stetson and offer their tributes of loving remembrance to him that lay asleep in death beneath countless wreaths and tender little immortelles. The couspicuous feature about the as- sembly was the preponderance of eminent citizens—men whose names and achieve- ments are known wherever the fame of the State has spread. The services were simple and beautiful, marked by a gener- ous catholicity of sentiment that appealed with touching power to all who heard the words of comfort that fell from the pas- tor’s lips. Promptly at 12:30 the doors of the resi- dence were o{:ned to the family’s friends, and shortly thereafter a number had as- sembled in the Xulon. library and spa- cious hallway. At 1 o’clock the services began with singing, the choir being sta- tioned in the back parlor adjoining the front room, where lay the body of the un- fortunate di The choir sang softly, “Nearer, My God, to Thee,’’ and the words sounded strangely lain in the silence of the bereaved house- old. As the theme rose in melody the eyes of strong men were filled with tears. 'he song done, Rev. Robert Mackenzie read a chapter from Proverbs. Then there was another song. This time Cardinal Newman’s immortal creation, “Lead, Kindly Light.” Itwas now time for the words over the dead. Gently the silver-haired minister stepped into the hallway and began: ‘‘Friends, how strik- ing at this solemn moment are the words of God found in Proverbs, ‘The Spirit Helpeth Our Infirmities,” and the ques- tion that follows close, ‘But Who Can aWounded Spirit?’ There is great wisdom, great food for thought in these words. The speaker's manner was quiet, im- pressive and conversational. He cited ex- amples from the lives of men to illustrate the words of the text. ““We have all seen the caselof some’poor cripple,” he said, “chained in a diseased and deformed body, harassed by cares and racked Dy pain, yetliving on and on to old age, refusing to surrender. Why? Some people say because he has a strong will. An, truly, this only means that he has a spirit that helpeth his infirmities, a dauntless spirit. But if the spirit is stricken by invisible shaits, as by storms and thunderbolts, what then? If tHecita- del is stormed by unseen forces, what then? Who knows what battles are fought in another man’s heart? Whoknows why the wounded giant falters? What man shall judge of his brother, or who can look into another’s soul and say what conflicts are raging on the battlefield there? *The longer I live the more just and beautiful it seeme to me that God has re- served the dPo er of judging of human conduct, and that we are not to pass sen- tence on our feilow-men. *This moment we are in the presence of a great bereavement. We have gathered as friends and neighbors to sympathize with a family that stanas high, a family 0se members have often consoled others the hour of sorrow. I offer them your sympathy, but 1 ask that all of us, as we step softly in the presence of the dead, take unto ourselves the solemn lesson of this deep mystery enfolded in another’s death. 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But the pie disagreed with him, and he disagreed with his wife. Now he takes a pill after pie and is happy. So is his wife. The pill he takes is Ayer’s. Moral : by using Avoid dyspepsia Cathartic Pills. the hour ana be thankful that for the pres- ent we have a spirit that helps us to bear our infirmities.” = Following the sermon there was a brief and simple prayer. The man of God vrayed for the lightening of the sorrows of the bereaved and asked that mercy prevail and temper every judgment. The choir then sang “*Thy Will Be Done,”” after which those assembled viewed the face of their dead friend and withdrew, heeding tne minister's re- uest that the family be allowed to take their leave of the dead and accompany the remains to the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery alone. The interment was private at Odd Fellows’ Cemetery. Following were the pallbearers: Charles Hug, Grove P. Ayers, John Scott. James Oxnard, Harry Holbrook, Richard Steven- son, Frank P. Sherman, J. D. 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